Traditional Roguelike tag
Tag created in December 2019
Traditional Roguelike's popularity amongst developers
This chart shows the amount of games released over the years with the Traditional Roguelike tag and the percentage of games released on Steam they account for. The releases count conveys the quantity of games published on Steam each year. It usually follows the increasing amount of Steam games released.
The percentage, on the other hand, gives a better idea of the trend a tag follows. It shows if, in proportion, the Traditional Roguelike tag is getting more or less popular from a developer's perspective. The Review chart will tell us if this trend is a good thing (i.e. players interest is increasing, tag is undercrowded) or if it's the opposite.
The Traditional Roguelike tag has peaked in 2022, with 49 games released. The tag's popularity is in a range between 0.01% in 2018 and 0.05% in 2023.
Bear in mind that 2023 is not over yet. The number of releases will continue to increase, but the percentage is already a good estimate of things to come.
Traditional Roguelike's popularity amongst players
This chart shows the reviews for games with the Traditional Roguelike tag, either as count and as a percentage of all Steam reviews, and the average value for a game. Note that if the chart is cluttered, you can always deactivate some lines by clicking on the legend.
While the review count clearly quantifies the reviews a tag receives, keep in mind that it also follows the popularity of Steam itself. The value normalized as a percentage of all Steam reviews is often more revealing, as it gives you the popularity trend for Traditional Roguelike tag games.
A standard game associated with this tag received on average between 1068 (2011) and 70 (2023) reviews. Bear in mind that it is the average, and it can be strongly influenced by extreme values, like the release of a very popular game with this tag.
The reviews per game as a percentage of the average show that games in the Traditional Roguelike tag received between 19% (2021) and 848% (2011) reviews compared to other tags.
Price of games tagged with Traditional Roguelike
This chart displays the evolution of the Traditional Roguelike tag's games price in USD over time, as well as the percentage of free games in this tag. Bear in mind that there is inflation over time, which means that a price should slowly increase just to keep the same value.
The median game price peaked in 2019 at 9.99$, and bottomed in 2020 at 5.99$. The free to play ratio peaked in 2019 at 9%, and bottomed in 2021 at 3%.
Positive reviews ratio for Traditional Roguelike, per language
This graph shows an aggregated Steam rating for the whole Traditional Roguelike tag, separated by language. It gives an idea about how different audiences will judge a game with this tag. A lower rating doesn't necessarily mean that the audience doesn't like that tag. Some cultures have different standards and expectations. It will however affect a game's rating nonetheless.
The highest rating for Traditional Roguelike is 100% for the Bulgarian language, and the lowest is 67% for the Romanian language.
| Image | Name | Description | Price | Rating | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | Dungeons of Dredmor | Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons. | 7.99 | 94.3% | Jul 13, 2011 |
  | Hack, Slash, Loot | A single-player turn-based dungeon crawler. Take control of a lone hero and explore sprawling dungeons, fight dangerous monsters. | 6.99 | 57.3% | Apr 5, 2012 |
  | Sword of the Stars: The Pit | A fun, fast, light-hearted, turn-based RPG, where the tradition of old school dungeon-diving games meets the sci-fi Sword of the Stars universe! | 9.99 | 85% | Feb 21, 2013 |
  | Tales of Maj'Eyal | Tales of Maj’Eyal is a roguelike RPG, featuring tactical turn-based combat and advanced character building. Play as one of many unique races and classes in the lore-filled world of Eyal, exploring random dungeons, facing challenging battles, and developing characters with your own tailored mix of abilities and powers. | 6.99 | 95.5% | Dec 12, 2013 |
  | Quest of Dungeons | Quest of Dungeons is a turn based dungeon crawler game featuring a good old 16-bit retro artistic look. By playing as either a Warrior, Wizard, Assassin or Shaman you have to traverse dungeons, defeat enemies and loot everything you can in order to survive. | 4.99 | 78.9% | Mar 25, 2014 |
  | Dungeonmans | Crush monsters and get loots in the classic turn-based style of deep dungeons and high adventure! Grow the Dungeonmans Academy, a bastion of learning that expands as you play. Serious gameplay with a light-hearted atmosphere, combining the feel of history's great RPGs and dice-slinging adventures around the tabletop. | 14.99 | 90% | Dec 9, 2014 |
  | ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) | ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) is one of the most successful roguelike games ever created, boasting a brilliant mix of story, RPG, exploration, and intensely strategic & flexible combat. The Steam version adds various features like achievements, difficulty level customization & play modes. | 14.99 | 88.2% | Nov 16, 2015 |
  | Vulture for NetHack | Vulture for NetHack is an isometric graphical interface for the roguelike engine: NetHack. | 2.99 | 71.5% | Feb 2, 2015 |
  | HyperRogue | A tactical puzzle/roguelike on a hyperbolic plane. | 9.99 | 97.6% | Jan 16, 2015 |
  | XLarn | This is a heavily extended version of one of the most famous roguelike games of the 80’s named LARN. Your choice is to find a magic elixier for your daughters recovery. Therefore you have to explore a lot of unknown caves, filled with monsters, demons and traps. Good luck! You may need it! | 4.99 | 75.9% | May 25, 2015 |
  | Ananias Roguelike | Explore five ancient realms fighting their monstrous inhabitants in this turn based, graphical classic roguelike. Every time you play the game will create new places full of challenges and surprises for you populated with monsters and ancient magical artifacts. | 4.99 | 80.7% | Feb 9, 2017 |
  | Hydra Slayer | roguelike based on mathematical puzzles | 5.99 | 92.7% | Mar 24, 2016 |
  | Hieroglyphika | Open the gate to the egyptian underworld! Hieroglyphika is a roguelike game completely without text but with pictograms. | 9.99 | 63.2% | Feb 3, 2016 |
  | Golden Krone Hotel | Golden Krone Hotel is a gothic horror roguelike. Fight vampires with sunlight or become a vampire yourself and sneak in the shadows. Combines classic turn-based combat with dynamic lighting, an innovative potion system, and fast paced gameplay. | 9.99 | 95.7% | Oct 26, 2017 |
  | MidBoss | Kill your enemies, possess their bodies, and take their abilities as your own in this turn-based procedurally generated death labyrinth. | 14.99 | 84.7% | May 25, 2017 |
  | The Curse Of Yendor | Kill monsters, get loot, solve puzzles, complete quests! A sword and sorcery adventure where your magic shapes the world. A classical rogue-like with a modern feel. "Your nemesis has found the Amulet of Yendor... Defeat him before he ascends to godhood!" | 4.99 | 93% | Feb 17, 2017 |
  | Tangledeep | Enter the magical world of Tangledeep, a beautifully polished dungeon crawler inspired by classic 16-bit RPGs! Colorful characters, a unique job system, tons of skills, items, and diverse environments with deep, turn-based roguelike gameplay. A different adventure every time you play! | 14.99 | 83.7% | Feb 1, 2018 |
  | Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG | Explore randomly generated content and experience the thrill of a classic tactical turn-based rogue-like RPG! Choose from a diverse cast of characters, each with their own unique abilities and strengths. Get ready for an unforgettable journey of strategy, skill, and discovery. | 14.99 | 85.4% | Jan 25, 2019 |
  | Xenomarine | Experience hardcore, sci-fi dungeon crawling in this dark, atmospheric roguelike. Xenomarine offers tactical turn-based combat with hundreds of unique items and upgradable weapons and armor, as well as massive replayability thanks to its randomly generated content. | 9.99 | 83.7% | Apr 23, 2019 |
  | NetHack: Legacy | NETHACK: LEGACY is a remastered version of the original NetHack, the deeply rich and complex fantasy D&D roguelike. Hack and slash your way through orcs, dragons, and cockatrices as you explore the perilous procedurally-generated dungeons seeking the Amulet of Yendor. | 5.99 | 77.3% | Aug 10, 2018 |
  | Rogue Fable III | Rogue Fable III is a traditional rogue-like game which combines the depth, complexity, and challenge of the genre classics with a shorter, more tightly focused game length. | 9.99 | 94% | Dec 22, 2021 |
  | Ufflegrim | Ufflegrim is a traditional roguelike with card-based, creature summoning combat. Every enemy is not only a challenge, but also a chance to capture unique allies and abilities for your deck. Take on the pilgrimage and travel to the bottom of the 100 floors. | 7.99 | N/A | Apr 6, 2020 |
  | Fractalis | Fractalis is a procedurally generated roguelike that has turnbased/gridbased combat with a realtime feel. | 7.99 | N/A | Feb 2, 2021 |
  | Dungeon of Rikka | Dungeon of Rikka is a turn based Rogue-like game with the goal to save your village from the impending doom of the beast that's been sealed away to rot in the deepest corner of the Dungeon. The beast will break his shackles and ascend the Dungeon, becoming stronger the longer you take to get to him. | 4.99 | 88.2% | Dec 7, 2020 |
  | Rogue | Experience the commercial port of the game that spawned a thousand 'Rogue-likes'. Venture into the Dungeons of Doom in search of the legendary Amulet of Yendor, and hopefully escape with your life! Randomly generated dungeons await you, full of nasty monsters, insidious traps, and glittering loot. | 2.99 | 96.4% | Oct 22, 2020 |